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Huawei’s Kirin 9050 Pro chip. Photo: Xinhua
Semiconductors

Huawei’s new chip philosophy gets run out with debut smartphone

The trifold Mate XT 2 smartphone is a key test of Huawei’s ability to make chips using its new design approach.

Artificial intelligence

Amid China’s AI shift, JD.com bets on 3 million robots to automate logistics

Z.ai

Are Chinese AI stars Z.ai and MiniMax stuck in losses through 2030?

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek seeks 150 engineers in hiring spree to overhaul back end systems

The company cited a rapid surge in user demand for AI and increased complexity of its computing systems.

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The DeepSeek logo displayed on smartphone screen. Photo: Shutterstock
The DeepSeek logo displayed on smartphone screen. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Why China’s AI giants spend far less and still shrink compute gap with US rivals

Lower costs and faster growth rates let China’s AI firms narrow the divide, raising the question: does the spending gap still matter?

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Semiconductors

Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law chip overcomes overheating hurdle, paper shows

The research directly counters claims that vertical stacking creates a thermal bottleneck, the tech giant’s paper says.

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Artificial intelligence

In Focus | Will geopolitics put a potential Musk merger between a rocket and a hard place?

Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies.

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez
Illustration: Victor Sanjinez
US-China tech war

US-China AI agreement, G20 trade spat, inflation data

This week: The US and China both back limited AI regulation at G20 event, China blocks G20 communique criticising large trade surpluses, Xi visits Kyrgyzstan and Egypt. Next week: China factory-gate prices may rise for sixth month, August trade data may show further boom, SCMP holds Central Asia conference, and more.

ByteDance

Exclusive | ByteDance to expand massive AI data centre cluster in Inner Mongolia: source

As Chinese tech giants ramp up artificial intelligence spending, TikTok’s parent company is set to expand data centres in Ulanqab.

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Artificial intelligence

US tech chiefs Huang, Musk warn against AI curbs amid race with China

US tech leaders warn strict rules could blunt innovation and prevent the harnessing of economic gains from rapidly advancing AI.

Jensen Huang speaks at the G20 Innovation Ministerial summit. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors

Attack the chokepoints: how years of US export curbs reshaped China’s tech scene

China’s tech start-ups now focus far more on key ‘chokepoint’ technologies, especially in the chip supply chain, Morgan Stanley report finds.

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A sign for Shanghai’s Star Market, a Nasdaq-style tech board, is seen before a listing ceremony at the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2019. Photo: Reuters
A sign for Shanghai’s Star Market, a Nasdaq-style tech board, is seen before a listing ceremony at the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2019. Photo: Reuters
US-China tech war

China urges global AI cooperation, not rivalry, ahead of Xi-Trump summit

With the high-stakes meeting just weeks away and tech tensions escalating, Beijing uses a G20 ministerial forum to advocate collaboration on the emerging technology.

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Artificial intelligence

Frontier AI at a cost: what Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 means for US-China model race

The US firm’s new models claim top position on leading benchmarks, though steep operating costs against Chinese rivals highlight a growing divide.

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Semiconductors

China’s No 2 foundry Hua Hong invests US$2b to expand capacity amid AI demand

Project is via a joint venture with state-backed investment entities under China’s National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund.

Hua Hong’s existing fabrication plants in Shanghai and Jiangsu are operating at full utilisation rates. Photo: Handout
Semiconductors

China’s AMEC unveils 6 chip-making machines in a day in self-reliance boost

A rapid R&D drive is powering the firm’s transition beyond its core business.

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Chinese chip equipment giant Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) unveils six new tools in a single day as the company accelerates research and development. Photo: Weibo
Chinese chip equipment giant Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) unveils six new tools in a single day as the company accelerates research and development. Photo: Weibo
Artificial intelligence

Chinese internet giants set to reap AI profits in 2 to 3 years, UBS says

Despite short term macro headwinds, vast user bases and costs are positioning Chinese firms for gains.

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI executive urges US-China AI safety talks ahead of Trump-Xi summit

Dean Ball, a former White House adviser, says the window for cooperation will ‘widen’ in next few months but will not stay open forever.

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Artificial intelligence

Manus resumes solo operations after collapse of US$2 billion Meta deal

The AI start-up said its founders would continue to lead the firm as an ‘independent agent lab’, after Beijing torpedoed its acquisition by Meta.

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AI agent start-up Manus has resumed independent operations after unwinding its acquisition by Meta Platforms. Photo: Reuters
AI agent start-up Manus has resumed independent operations after unwinding its acquisition by Meta Platforms. Photo: Reuters
Z.ai

Chinese AI firm Z.ai posts 400% revenue jump as total losses narrow

First-half revenue from cloud-based deployment services soared over 2,700 per cent year on year.

China's space programme

As China-US space race heats up, Shanghai unveils space-computing hub

Songjiang is already a vital link in China’s satellite supply chain as home to SpaceSail, the low-Earth-orbit challenger to SpaceX’s Starlink.

Semiconductors

CXMT vs Pentagon: how China’s tech firms are challenging US blacklists in court

Chipmaker CXMT has sued the US government to be removed from a Pentagon blacklist – joining a wave of legal challenges by Chinese tech firms.

Several Chinese technology companies are suing the US government over their addition to Pentagon blacklists. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

China’s chip supply chain ‘safer’ amid self-sufficiency drive: top planner

Beijing will leverage its ‘whole nation’ approach under the 15th five-year plan to achieve breakthroughs in core technologies, official says.

A technician works on the semiconductor production line of Chongqing Pingwei Semiconductor Co, on July 29, 2026. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
A technician works on the semiconductor production line of Chongqing Pingwei Semiconductor Co, on July 29, 2026. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Alibaba

Alibaba pushes into South America’s AI market with launch of Brazil data centres

The Chinese tech giant is rapidly building AI infrastructure in emerging markets amid an intensifying US-China tech rivalry.

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Artificial intelligence

Gates pitches US-China AI cooperation ahead of Xi meeting

The Microsoft co-founder may travel to Beijing in November as he seeks support for global cooperation on managing potential AI risks.

Artificial intelligence

Zhipu’s viral Ox Alpha AI model runs entirely on Chinese chips

Model shows China can scale AI on domestic chips, setting a usage record as Beijing pushes to cut reliance on US hardware.

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Zhipu AI's move marks a significant test of China’s ability to handle large-scale global inference workloads on home-grown hardware. Photo: Getty Images
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